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...million was wreaked on the stores, homes and possessions of Greeks in Turkey; scores of Greek Orthodox churches in the country were fired or defaced; some 300 persons were injured. It became evident that the Turkish government had not wanted to halt the violence or-worse from a standpoint of stability in a NATO country-had been unable to stem it. "I must admit," said Menderes, "that we were exposed to a national catastrophe, the object of a real attack by surprise." Western diplomats were also slow to realize how deep and serious was the revulsion in Greece. The Greek...
Hard to Procrastinate. Achieving desegregation, county by county, school district by school district, throws upon Marshall a tremendous load of responsibility and decision. The present picture from state to state varies over a wide range (see Report Card). Oklahoma is. from N.A.A.C.P.'s standpoint, surprisingly good, North Carolina surprisingly bad. In some areas, Marshall may not want, for tactical reasons, to bring suit now-but when local N.A.A.C.P. people urge him, he finds it bitterly hard to procrastinate, lest those men and women who sign the petitions feel that the N.A.A.C.P. has let them down. In other areas...
...candor to their colleagues and equal candor to the public." The American Civil Liberties Union strongly protested: "Public respect for an observance of constitutional rights are impaired when penalties are meted out because of the exercise of these rights." Who, from a moral as well as a legal standpoint, was right? The Times, or the Civil Liberties Union...
...Governor Allan Shivers, who led his state to Eisenhower in 1952, put it on record that he will bolt again if Stevenson runs again in 1956. "I don't think he is suitable timber," Shivers explained. "I don't think he has the qualifications from any standpoint." Rather than support Stevenson, said Shivers, he would accept "practically anybody" the Republicans nominate, but he especially eulogized Ike for doing "an outstanding job" as President. "He has brought peace . . . Today we have both peace and prosperity. A few years ago many thought it could not be done." Did he intend...
...mergers and bigness should be one of keeping hands off." Thus, before Stanford University's 14th Business Conference in Stanford, Calif, last week, Harvard Economist Sumner Slichter took up the question of increasing bigness in U.S. business and explored it both from an economic and a political standpoint. Said Slichter: "The health of any organization, whether a business concern, a university, or a Government agency, is promoted by growth...